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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Picture Books on Video

You may know that Discovery Education has a great selection of educational videos for your classroom. But, did you know that they also have an impressive collection (over 200 titles) of children's picture books on video? Audiovisual adaptations of these classic books has been provided by Weston Woods. This site has a full list of titles that you can find on Discovery Education.

Here is a sample of some of the titles that you can find:

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Danny and the Dinosaur

The Emperor's New Clothes

Harry the Dirty Dog

Make Way for Ducklings

Miss Nelson Is Back

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Stone Soup

Strega Nona

Where The Wild Things Are

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Try searching for "Reading Rainbow" to find over 100 more titles. Look for chapter books and audio books, too.

Play the video on your SMARTboard so that all of your students can follow along. Most have closed captioning, so your students can read along, too!